College Counseling & Student Development MS

The College Counseling and Student Development (CCSD) master¿s program prepares students for careers in the field of student affairs and higher education. Our program espouses the following core values:

Helping Skills. CCSD students situate their work with college students in helping, advising, and motivational interviewing skills. By grounding their graduate socialization in the helping profession, CCSD students foster holistic wellness, learning, growth, and development for themselves and their students.

Student Development. CCSD students critically examine theories of college student development and through experiential education opportunities, practice applying those theories to their own development and their work with college students.

Social Justice. CCSD students interrogate inherited systems of power (like racism, sexism, classism, etc.) and examine how power shapes college student development. Through self-work and story-sharing, CCSD students develop awareness, knowledge, and skills to facilitate brave space and advance social justice and inclusion.

CCSD students integrate theory, practice, and self-reflection to inform their student affairs critical praxis. CCSD graduates go on to work at public and private four-year institutions, community and technical colleges and universities, as well as higher education adjacent organizations across the state of Minnesota, the United States, and globally.